AFS Forum 2025

10:00 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Field Visit

Category: Youth Dome

11:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Special Events 1

11:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Special Events 2

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11:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Special Events 3

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11:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Special Events 4

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11:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Special Events 5

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13:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 3

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13:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 2

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14:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Registration Opening

14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 1

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14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 4

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14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 5

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09:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Teranga - Host Showcase & Facts of the Day

Category: Senegal Showcase

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Knowledge Hub

Category: TEDx

TEDx

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Expo

Category: Special Events

10:00 - 10:30 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Opening Ceremony

Category: Plenary

10:30 - 11:30 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Opening Panel - Youth Town Hall

Category: Plenary

11:30 - 13:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Presidential Summit - Delivering the African Food Systems Promise

Category: Plenary

13:30 - 15:00 UTC +0200 Researchers Forum (Education of young scientists)

Category: VIP Events

14:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Investmentl Room

Category: Deal Room

15:00 - 17:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: First Ladies Roundtable

Category: Plenary

African Food Systems Year in Review Holding ourselves accountable, how much have we progressed?

17:00 - 18:30 UTC +0200 Networking Activity: You are What You Eat: Building nutrition-centric businesses (GAIN/A4F)

Category: Youth Dome

08:00 - 19:00 UTC +0200 Youth Testimonial/success stories

Category: Youth Dome

08:00-08:30 Youth Testimonial/success stories

09:00 - 10:00 Masterclass on Entrepreneurship (FAO)

10:30-13:00 GAPC Live Final Pitches Show

14:00-14:30 Youth Testimonial/success stories

14:30-15:00 CEO Chat

15:00 - 16:00 Masterclass on Entrepreneurship II (GAIN/A4F)

17:30-19:00 Networking Session: Cultural Night

08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 2

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 1

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 3

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 4

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 5

Category: Side Event

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Knowledge Hub

Category: TEDx

TEDx

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Expo Arbre à Palabres Culinary Village

Category: Special Events

10:00 - 13:00 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Senegal Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

10:00 - 11:00 UTC +0200 Teranga - Host Showcase & Facts of the Day

Category: Senegal Showcase

11:00 - 12:30 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Empower Women in Agri-Food Systems Advancing Nutrition & Health

Category: Plenary

12:00 - 14:00 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Women in Food Systems

Category: Parallel Sessions

12:30 - 14:00 UTC +0200 Roundtable : Private Sector Investment Forum for Youth

Category: VIP Events

14:00 - 15:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Liberia Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Digitalisation & AI 4 Next Gen

Category: Plenary

Youth Driven Digital Innovation in African Food Systems

16:00 - 17:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Somalia Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

16:30 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Food Systems & Nutrition

Category: Parallel Sessions

16:30 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Rountable : Parliamentary Forum

Category: VIP Events

18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 6

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 7

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 8

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 9

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 10

Category: Side Event

18:30 - 23:00 UTC +0200 WAYA Gala Dinner

Category: Gala Dinner

08:00 - 20:00 UTC +0200 Showcase: Indigenous Youth

Category: Youth Dome

08:00-08:30 Showcase: Indigenous Youth in Food Systems: Resilience Through Heritage

09:00 - 09:45 No One Left Behind: Inclusion for Displaced Youth & Persons with Disabilities

10:00-12:00 Youth Testimonial/success stories

12:00-12:30 CEO Chat

12:30-13:30 Masterclass on Leadership (GAIN/A4F)

14:00 - 16:00 Mentorship Session: Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs in Ag

18:00-20:00 Social Event Idea: DJ + networking session + Poetry Karaoke

08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 1

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 2

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 3

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 4

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 5

Category: Side Event

10:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Knowledge Hub

Category: TEDx

TEDx

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Expo Arbre à Palabres Culinary Village

Category: Special Events

10:00 - 10:30 UTC +0200 Teranga - Host Showcase & Facts of the Day

Category: Senegal Showcase

10:30 - 12:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Governance of Food Systems

Category: Plenary

Priority Actions and Investments to Implement CAADP

12:00 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Conversation with Energy Ministers: Green Energy -Powering food systems value chains

Category: VIP Events

12:00 - 13:30 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Sustainable Productivity

Category: Parallel Sessions

12:00 - 13:30 UTC +0200 Thematic Session: Agri-food Systems Leadership & Governance

Category: Parallel Sessions

12:00 - 14:00 UTC +0200 Ministerial Roundtable (CAADP)

Category: VIP Events

14:00 - 15:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Zimbabwe Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

14:00 - 16:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Food Systems Trade & Markets

Category: Plenary

Connecting food corridors and food supply chains Council of the Wise

16:00 - 17:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Ghana Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

16:30 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Agri-Tech & Digitalisation

Category: Parallel Sessions

16:30 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Regional Trade & Markets

Category: Parallel Sessions

18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 6

Category: Side Event

18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 7

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 8

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 9

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18:00 - 19:30 UTC +0200 Side Event 10

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08:00 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Youth Testimonial/success stories

Category: Youth Dome

08:00-08:30 Youth Testimonial/success stories

08:30 - 09:00 CEO Chat

09:30-10:00 Masterclass on AfCFTA (SNV -tbc)

10:00-12:00 Youth Innovation Showcase (CABI, FAO, CGIAR Gender & Social Inclusion Accelerator, GAIN/A4F)

14:00-14:30 Youth Testimonial/success stories

14:30 - 15:00 CEO Chat

15:00-16:00 Networking Session: Cultural Night

08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 1

Category: Side Event

08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 2

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 3

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08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 4

Category: Side Event

08:30 - 10:00 UTC +0200 Side Event 5

Category: Side Event

10:00 - 17:30 UTC +0200 Investmentl Room

Category: Deal Room

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Knowledge Hub

Category: TEDx

10:00 - 18:00 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Expo Arbre à Palabres Culinary Village

Category: Special Events

10:00 - 12:00 UTC +0200 Teranga - Host Showcase & Facts of the Day

Category: Senegal Showcase

10:30 - 12:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY- Biodiversity, Climate and Land

Category: Plenary

Making the Conventions work for Africa

11:00 - 11:30 UTC +0200 Press Conference

Category: Press Conference

12:00 - 13:30 UTC +0200 Roundtable : Civil Society Forum

Category: VIP Events

12:30 - 14:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Healthy & Productive Ecosystems

Category: Plenary

Africa Fertilizer & Soil Health Initiative

14:00 - 15:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Nigeria Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Thematic session: Climate Resilience

Category: Parallel Sessions

14:30 - 16:00 UTC +0200 Rountable : Farmers Forum

Category: VIP Events

14:30 - 17:00 UTC +0200 PLENARY: Champion and invest in the Future

Category: Plenary

Celebrating the Next-Gen of African Food Systems Prime Ministers Panel Harnessing the youth dividend Closing Ceremony

16:00 - 17:30 UTC +0200 Agri-Food Investment Forum: Uganda Legacy Program

Category: Deal Room

19:30 - 22:00 UTC +0200 AFSF Gala Dinner Africa Food Prize Award (by invitation only)

Category: VIP Events